Decades Presents: 1968

Episode 1

A Year Of Strife

Mon, Jan 1, 2018

It was a year of turmoil, change and revolution. This was 1968, one of the most explosive years of the 20th century. It was a year marked by a number of major historical events, including the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King and politician Robert F. Kennedy; the tumultuous Democratic National Convention in Chicago; and a series of dramatic developments throughout the world. The touchstone story of 1968, symbolizing this global turmoil, was the Vietnam War, which became increasingly unpopular in the United States.